GÖTEBORG, Sweden, April 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Concordia
Maritime's second coastal clean-up initiative in the Gothenburg archipelago attracted great
interest. More than one hundred people came along to help pick up
rubbish from the shoreline and filled numerous sacks to the brim.
The event was organised by Concordia Maritime in collaboration with
the Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation, and was supported by the Royal
Gothenburg Yacht Club (GKSS), the Swedish Sea Rescue Society and
the Särö Seahawks Floorball Club. It is hoped that this initiative
will draw attention to the environmental problems caused
by littering.
Plastic bags, all kinds of packaging, petrol cans, old fishing
nets and ropes, and even shoes too, were some of the many items
that the volunteers picked up around Långedrag harbour just outside
of Gothenburg. Young people from
the yacht club and floorball club, families with children, local
residents and other interested individuals spent several hours
enthusiastically collecting litter on a beautiful Saturday in
spring. Hard plastic was sorted and separated from other waste to
be used for the Ocean Project being run by the Swedish Sea Rescue
Society in cooperation with Keep Sweden Tidy. This plastic is used
to produce small sailing boats.
Marine litter is one of the biggest environmental problems of
our time and some 8 million tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean
each year – plastic that does not disappear. This has serious
consequences for the marine environment, the living organisms that
inhabit it, and for humans too. Andreas
Fossberg, who works as a Project Manager at the Keep Sweden
Tidy Foundation, gave a short presentation about this before the
clean-up got under way.
"The purpose of this initiative is to raise awareness about the
importance of keeping our oceans clean and also to remove debris
from a stretch of the coastline. Thanks to the enthusiasm and
commitment of all the participants at our clean-up day, we filled
180 bags and 20 sacks with rubbish. We hope that all those who took
part in this event will help us to generate and spread more
interest in keeping our oceans clean," says Ola Helgesson from Concordia Maritime.
Concordia Maritime initiated its partnership with Keep Sweden
Tidy in April 2018 and organised the
first coastal clean-up day last autumn. It also launched an online
quiz aimed at spreading knowledge about plastic in the oceans and
encouraging everyone to get involved in protecting our marine
environment.
Link to the online quiz:
https://www.litterquiz.se/ta-testet/
For further information, please contact:
Kim Ullman
CEO Concordia Maritime
Tel. +46 (0)31 855003
Mobile +46 (0)704 855003
kim.ullman@concordiamaritime.com
Ola Helgesson
CFO Concordia Maritime
Tel. +46 (0)31 855009
Mobile +46 (0)704 85 50 09
ola.helgesson@concordiamaritime.com
Joakim Brodahl
Operations Manager Keep Sweden Tidy
Tel. +46 (0)8 505 263 00
Mobile +46 (0)70 728 64 50
joakim.brodahl@hsr.se
The Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation is committed to the
prevention and reduction of littering. The organisation collects
facts and information, drives opinion and develops practical tools
and solutions for litter prevention.
www.hsr.se
Concordia Maritime
is an international tanker shipping company. We focus on safe,
sustainable and reliable transportation of refined oil products,
chemicals and vegetable oils. The Company's B shares were first
listed on Nasdaq Stockholm in 1984.
www.concordiamaritime.com
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